Because Language Matters: ‘Foeticide’ vs ‘Abortion’ An Australian pro-life medical doctor shares his thoughts on the terminology related to abortion. It’s a timely article, since this battle for life is so often conducted through various fo read more Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new...

A Chat with Rob Pyne Although I live in Victoria, I joined my Queensland confreres yesterday on Twitter, to help promote their annual March for Life, and to protest proposed abortion law reform in their state. Abortion is illegal in Queensland, although the state boasts read more Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new...

5 Medical Reasons to Avoid Contraceptive Devices Recently, I wrote about 5 medical reasons to avoid the contraceptive pill and this post will continue that theme with a look at contraceptive devices. As with the previous post in this series, all sources used are either medical or secular, so there can be no accusation of a pro-life bias. Contraceptive devices come under the general heading of LARCs, or Long-Acting Reversible...

5 Medical Reasons to Avoid the Contraceptive Pill For fifty years, the contraceptive pill has been promoted as a panacea for the most serious ‘problem’ women have to face: pregnancy. But many pro-life people, and especially Catholics, have had grave moral reasons for avoiding use of the pill. [See this post for a Catholic mother’s experience of the pill.] Now, mainstream medicine is beginning to wake up to the fact...

Telemed: Australia’s DIY Backyard Abortion. We woke yesterday to the news that RU486 can now be dispensed by phone in Australia. Known as phone-abortions, or telemed abortions, this new ‘service’ is reckless and irresponsible. It will compromise the physical and psychological health of women, increase the number of abortions and is not provided with information about the potential for reversal. This is the...